Linda N. Fearnow

Jan. 2, 1950 - June 29, 2006

Jan. 2, 1950 - June 29, 2006

July 02, 2006

Linda Norris Fearnow, 56, of Sugarberry Lane, Niles, Michigan, died following an extended illness at 5:05 p.m. Thursday, June 29, 2006, in her home.

She was born on January 2, 1950, in Anderson, Indiana, to Wallace E. and Norma (McCord) Norris. In Anderson, she was a member of the Anderson Church of the Brethren. She earned both a bachelor's degree and master's degree in education from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. She came from Anderson to Niles in 1983.

Linda was currently employed as community information manager at Region IV Area Agency on Aging, Inc., and was on the staff of Southwestern Michigan College as an adjunct professor. She had been administrator of the former Michiana Assembly of God School, Niles.

She was a member of the Michiana Christian Embassy, Niles, participated in Southwest Michigan DeColores Ministries; and was a founding board member of the Benton Harbor Charter School Academy. She was both patriotic and interested in politics, and a mentor of young people; but her greatest joys were her dogs and her daughters.

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Linda was preceded in death by her father, Wallace F. "Wally" Norris, who died in 1993.

She is survived by her daughters, Rachel Fearnow and Sarah Fearnow, both of Niles; her mother, Norma Norris of Anderson; and by a sister, Johanna Norris (and husband, Ken Nowakowski) of Daleville, Ind.

The funeral service for Linda N. Fearnow will be at 3 p.m. Monday, July 3, at Michiana Christian Embassy, Niles, with Pastor Jeffrey L. Whittaker officiating. Committal services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 5, at Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery, Anderson, Indiana.

The family will receive relatives and friends beginning at 2 p.m. Monday in the church. Arrangements were made in the Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles.

Contributions in memory of Linda may be made to Michiana Christian Embassy or to Hospice at Home.

Linda always preferred pink which was symbolic of her joy of life. If attending one of these services, please honor that memory by wearing something pink.